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The 10 Most-Read Articles in 2011

Have you ever noticed the red number that appears at the end of every page on this website? That number shows how many "reads" the article has, a fairly accurate reflection of the article's popularity. As we say goodbye to 2011, we can't help but reflect on what news stories most interested people, what topics most angered or inspired our readers. Here are the 10 most-read stories on this website...

2011 - The Year In Review

By Chad D. Baus While there is far too much to cover in a single article, we reflect on some of the important events of 2011. January: The year begins with a chorus of media editorials cheering the death of Senate Bill 239, the restaurant and car carry bill that was killed at the hands of then-Speaker Armond Budish (D), who broke a promise to gun owners and refused to call the legislature back...

Bloomberg's latest stunt: Even local official admits push for new gun control legislation wouldn't stop illegal gun sales

by Jim Irvine and Chad D. Baus Last week, anti-gun New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Joyce Foundation-funded gun control group, Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG), staged a press conference to hype the group's latest effort to institute a new level of gun control on law-abiding citizens. But while he supports the gun control efforts, even the City of Cleveland's Public Safety Director admits the...

Attention Lamestream Media...I Am the Gun Lobby

by Jeff Knox To all of those "reporters" and pundits at ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, CNN, The New York Times and all the other Times , The Boston Globe , The Spokane Spokesman-Review , the Cleveland Plain Dealer , Arizona Republic , all of the Tribunes , Stars , and Ledgers ; Let me make something perfectly clear: The NRA is not the Gun Lobby. Neither is the NSSF, nor the GOA, nor even The Firearms...

Congress Packs Firearms Riders in "Minibus"

by Jeff Knox Rather than pass a large, all-encompassing omnibus appropriations bill for the new fiscal year – which began on October 1 – Congress narrowed the scope of their first funding bill to cover only certain essential services and agencies in what they dubbed a "minibus" appropriations bill. Even so, the measure, which was finally passed in mid November and signed by the President on...

Op-Ed: The Next Decisive Date in American History

by Wayne LaPierre In all of our nation’s history, a handful of dates stand out – dates that meant life or death for America and our freedoms. On July 4, 1776, our Founding Fathers put their lives on the line and declared that America would be independent and free. On June 6, 1944, American troops landed at Normandy and America took a critical step toward ending history’s bloodiest war. And on...

Headline: House GOP proposes ‘lost confidence’ resolution on Attorney General Holder

TheHill.com is reporting that nearly two-dozen Republicans are backing legislation stating that Congress "has lost confidence" in Eric Holder to continue as attorney general. According to the article, the resolution, introduced by Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) and supported by 21 GOP co-sponsors, resolves "that it is the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress has lost confidence in the...

Canton police officer who threatened to execute concealed carry licensee fails to appear for his disciplinary hearing

by Chad D. Baus The Canton Repository is reporting that Officer Daniel Harless, who testified just last week in a murder trial , was not present for his long-awaited disciplinary hearing on Thursday. The hearing is the culmination of an investigation of Harless' conduct during a traffic stop in June involving a concealed handgun license holder. The officer's actions were captured on dash cam...

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